Elmer Schoebel
Elmer Schoebel (born September 8, 1896 in East St. Louis , † December 14, 1970 in Saint Petersburg ( Florida )) was an American jazz musician ( piano , composer , arranger ), known for some jazz standards and as a member of New Orleans Rhythm Kings .
Life
Schoebel began as a silent film pianist in Champaign (Illinois) and played in vaudeville from 1912 to 1917 . In 1920 he played with the "20th Century Jazz Band" in Chicago, which in 1921 also included Muggsy Spanier . In 1922/23 he was with the "New Orleans Rhythm Kings" (NORK, or the Friars Society Orchestra, as they called themselves at the time), with whom he also recorded. He then led his own band in 1924/25 and played in the Isham Jones orchestra in New York in 1925 . After returning to Chicago he played a. a. with Louis Panico and Art Kassel (1928), in 1927 with his own band and arranged for Melrose Publishing. In 1935 he was arranger for Ina Ray Huttonand then senior arranger at Warner Brothers Publications in New York for ten years. From 1950 to 1953 he played with Conrad Janis , in 1958 with " Blue Steele 's Rhythm Rebels" and later with his own band in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Schoebel is best known as a composer of various jazz standards such as "Bugle Call Rag", " Nobody's Sweetheart Now ", "Spanish Shawl", "Farewell Blues" (as co-composer), "Copenhagen" and "Prince of Wails". His only recordings under his own name from 1929 are "Copenhagen" and "Prince of Wails".
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- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoebel, Elmer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East St. Louis , Illinois , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1970 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg , Florida , United States |